One of four large stones in the shape of a sacrificial knife found in a chest numbered 78. Macuilxochitl - Xochipilli Offering in the Red Temple built between 1440-1502, Templo Mayor Mexico City Teotihuacan style Aztec ( The Aztecs, Mesoamerican culture, Central Mexico 1300 to 1521 (14th-16th Century), Aztec Empire, Tenochtitlan, city-state of the Mexica , Tenochca, Texcoco, Tlacopan, )
Human sacrifice played a central role in the ideology of the Aztec Empire.
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